Administrative Services Managers in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$84,892
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$30,658
26.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$81,654
Maryland costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Maryland — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$115,550
Kept after tax
$84,892
Worth in national money
$81,654
State rank
20
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Maryland is 20 of 50 states for this job, with a middle wage of $115,550. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Maryland. It ranks 62 out of 489 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $115,550, tax leaves $84,892 — and because Maryland is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $81,654 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $128,410, since top earners drag the number up.
- Maryland ranks 20 of 50 for administrative services managers at $115,550. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Within Maryland, administrative services managers ranks 62 of 489 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- After tax, $84,892 remains from the Maryland median of $115,550 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $81,654 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $128,410 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Administrative Services Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $73,970 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $115,550 |
| Top tenth earn over | $203,500 |
| This salary | $115,550 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Maryland | $84,892 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $90,119 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$11,085 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $108,119 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$15,312 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of administrative services managers in Maryland earn under $115,550 and half over. The published range runs $73,970 at the tenth percentile to $203,500 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Maryland's $84,892, worked from $115,550. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 62 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $81,654 uses one figure for the whole of Maryland. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 489 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 62.
- Figures are distribution medians for administrative services managers in Maryland, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $73,970 to $203,500; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The Maryland take-home of $84,892, on $115,550 for work ranking 62 of 489 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 62 of 489 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $81,654, worked from $115,550, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Maryland address, on work sitting at 62 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $128,410 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $73,970, the highest tenth $203,500, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Maryland costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $81,654 rather than its face figure.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Maryland then takes its own share, leaving $84,892.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Maryland is $128,410. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($73,970) and the ninetieth ($203,500) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Maryland's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $81,654 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $84,892 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Maryland income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.